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DeLesa Shirley speaker for Nursing Scholarship banquet

DeLesa Jesmin Shirley, a fall 2011 graduate of Austin-Peay State University where she received a bachelor of science degree in Nursing, will be a guest speaker for a donor banquet for the DeWald Nursing Scholarship, which she received during the 2011 fall school year.

The banquet will be held at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 24, on the university campus.

She was also awarded a four-year scholarship from the university as well as a diversity scholarship. During her college career, she was a member of Nu Phi Chapter of Sigma Theta Tau International, a Nursing Honor Society. She was a peer mentor during her sophomore to senior years and was also on the Governor’s Programming Council. She served as mistress of ceremonies her sophomore and junior years for “Live at the Apollo,” while maintaining a 3.65-4.00 grade point average.

DeLesa did her clinicals for nursing school at Centennial Medical Center, Vanderbilt Medical Center, Northcrest Medical Center, Houston County Health Center and the Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt.

She is the daughter of Elder and Mrs. Eddie Shirley of Columbia and granddaughter of the late Elder and Mrs. Willie J. Ogilvie and Bishop and Mrs. Charles Shirley. She has a sister, Kayrin Shirley and aunt, Makiah C. Reese.

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